Argentina: Front Runner

In a preliminary conference, one faction stuffed delegates' pockets with
bribes of up to $1,000, then threatened them with guns. At the national
convention, appropriately held in a Buenos Aires musical-comedy
theater, internecine feuding forced a two-day recess. When the 605
delegates finally came to a vote, however, they momentarily put their
differences behind them. By an overwhelming margin, the Peronist Party
nominated Italo Argentino Luder, 66, as its candidate for next
month's elections, Argentina's first since the military seized power
seven years ago. Declared Luder: "To be...